In the last few weeks I have had one neighbor I had never talked to talk to me at the park by our apartment. He was 10 years younger than me and he was nice enough. When he told me his age, I was like I"m 10 years older than you. He told me t... Read more

I have had things come up here lately that has made it harder to get all the exercise in I want. I say this not as an excuse but to know that life does get in the way. I'm working with it. I would realistically like to exercise at least one ho... Read more

Friday night was a horrible night. My honey went fishing, no big deal. My oldest had a friend spending the night. My neighbors two women went with my honey and the one lady's husband. No big deal, just a little pang of jealousy that I couldn... Read more

My honey just looked at me last night and said "Honey, you are starting to look really sexy." That is it. The old me would have taken that as something bad and felt bad about myself. The new and improved me, I took that compliment and realize... Read more

I see so many people on sparkpeople come and go and come and go. Some come back many times. I would rather see them keep coming back than just leaving altogether. In any event, it will be 4 years in June since I joined sp. I have seen thousan... Read more

I took off Thursday and Friday last week to spend time with my kids. I've done really well tracking my food and getting a lot of exercise in. So, those four days, I did okay the first two days, but the weekend was not as successful as I would ... Read more

I'm a work in progress otherwise known as a wip. I had to go get my depo shot and an annual exam today. The doctor congratulated me on losing weight. Of course I told her all the changes I"ve made, the exercises I'm doing, incorporating streng... Read more

I am changing. Not only have I become a regular fitness enthusiast, doing the biggest loser challenge on the wii (i'm doing the 12 week program), doing exercise dvds,
yoga, and zumba along with walking, playing with my kids.
my knee hurts ... Read more

The Dh finally started using the Biggest Loser challenge. He is using another exercise game that we have as well. He does this while the littles ones are taking a nap. Good for him. In any event, went grocery shopping last night. I had to t... Read more

I have finally lost the obsession over food. I do not obsess about it night and day. My every thought does not revolve around food, what am I going to eat for the day, or tomorrow or the next day. I found out something about myself. I am str... Read more

I realized this morning, that I've changed so much since last year. Just in the last 6 months, I've really changed a lot within myself and the outside self. I have also started seeing that my family has changed becuase I have. I didn't force ... Read more

I am sorry to my sp friends and teams. I've been such a fraud this year. This whole year I have been in denial about my weight gain, weight loss and gain, etc. I've been full of excuses as to why I was gaining weight or not losing. I am on t... Read more

I realized sometime back that I was going through the stages of grief when it comes to my family. My mother, father and sister. for the first time in my whole life I did not get a birthday card from my dad this year. That was a HUGE message. ... Read more

A letter to my inner child:
Dear Little Girl, I'm your adult self. I am writing to let you know it is okay to be angry about your childhood. It is okay to be upset that you were hurt by both your parents. It sucks they did not give you t... Read more

I wrote this today:
"A letter to my Skinny self."
Hi skinny me. I know we haven't met, but I'd like to introduce myself. I am 37, have 3 young children that I adore. I live with my soul mate. I love to read and write. I love to exercis... Read more